Friday, December 30, 2011

Well, now that I've made the commitment to become a published author, the work has begun in earnest. And I thought writing a 210,000 word book was hard! LOL But, the first book in the Phaon and Mariah series is nearly finished being formatted for Smashwords.com and the pre-series book is on the way to being finished first draft. Whew!

The goal is to publish the first three books in the Phaon and Mariah series at once... In the Beginning, The Trouble With Dreams, and Tracing the Past. So, I have a bit more work to do before I can call myself a published author. In the meantime, I am spending a good deal of my days preparing and writing. Hopefully I'll be up and selling before spring.

About Me

Friendly, accepting of others, intelligent, and very relaxed in life... that's me.

What do I do in retirement? Mostly I play. I play computer games (I like city builders and non-combatant types). I play at cooking and baking (we eat low carb, so I enjoy revamping recipes). I play at loom knitting (scarves and hats mostly). I play at writing (but not much the past couple of years). I play at housework (which means I put it off until necessary to do).

Retirement can be very good and very bad all at the same time. Aches and
pains are part of normal life. Does it mean I live stress-free? Not in
the least. The stresses are just different. But I enjoy retirement
despite the aches and pains and stresses of getting older... because I have a freedom that I have
never had before. Freedom to choose to do or not to do.

Retirement means that I can stay up as late as I want and then sleep in as late as I need to. It also means that every little thing that happened to my body when I was young has come back to haunt me with a vengeance. It means that I can work on things as I want, that I do not have to do anything quickly... which is a good thing, considering that my body determines how quickly that I can accomplish anything! It means that no one tells me when to get up, when to eat, when to sleep, or when I can play. The only time I have to be somewhere at a certain time is when I have an appointment.... usually with my doctor. Retirement is freedom... with restrictions. My motto these days is "There's always tomorrow... and if there ain't, it don't matter." I love it!